Combined sheet-metal ink-well, pen, and blotter holder and calendar.



PATENTED MAY 30, 1905.

W. J. DIETRICH. COMBINED SHEET METAL INK WELL, PEN, AND BLOTTER HOLDERAND CALENDAR.

APPLIUATION FIL? MAB. 13,1905.

' NITED STATES Patented May 30, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. DIETRICH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CANCOMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW J ERS EY.

COMBINED SHEET-METAL INK-WELL, PEN, AND BLOTTER HOLDER AND CALENDAR.

SPECIFICATION fOrmng part of Letters Patent NO. |791,016, dated May 550,1905.

Application filed March 13, 1905. Serial No. 249,706.

I all whom, if; may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. DIETRICH, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin a Combined Sheet-Metal Ink-/Vell, Pen, and Blotter Holder andCalendar, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal ink-well holders.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, efficient, anddurable combined inkwell, pen, and blotter holder and calendar of a neatand decorative appearance and capable of being very cheaplymanufactured.

My invention consists in the means I employ to practically accomplishthis object or result-that is to say, it consists in a sheetmetalink-well holder formed of a single piece of sheet metal and comprisingan inclined front furnished with integrall penholding grooves orcorrugations, an integral horizontally-proj ecting ink-well-holdingring, and an integral back furnished with an integral blotter-holder lipor member adapted to receivebetween itself and said back a blotter, theinclined front of the combined holder having a calendar printed thereon.

My invention also consists in the novel construction of parts anddevices and in the novel combinations of parts and devices herein shownand described.

In the accompanying drawings, formingA a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined sheet-metal inkwell, pen,and blotter holder embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are verticalcrosssections on lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1 and Fig. 4is a longitudinal vertical section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings,sA represents the sheetmetal holder, the same comprisingan integral inclined sheet-metal front A' and an integral back orupright plate A2. The inclined front plate A is furnished with one ormore, preferably two, longitudinal pen-holding grooves or corrugations aa and also with an integrally longitudinally projecting inkwell-holdingring a', furnished with a stiftening-bead a2 and an opening a3 toreceive the ink-well. The' ink-well-holding ring a' is united at itslower segment (L13 to the front plate A', thus supporting theink-well-holding ring from the front plate itself, with which it isintegrally united. The opening A3 in the front A', out of which theink-wellholding ring a' is cut or stamped, forms a passage for removaland insertion of the inkwell B from and into its ring c'.

The integral back or upright plate A2 of the holder is furnished with anintegral lip or blotter-holder a4, preferably about siX inches long byone inch wide and integrally united at its lower edge with the back A2of the horizontally-projecting flange a, the width of which shouldsomewhat exceed the thickness of the blotter C, so that the blotter maybe readily inserted between the back A2 'and the integral lip orblotter-holder (1.4.

side of the central ink-well opening A3 therein aords spaces A4 toreceive the calendar D, which is printed upon the decorated surface ofthe sheet metal. The inclined front A has an upright flange a to give asmooth lower edge to the front plate to prevent its scratching ormarring the desk and also to strengthen and stiften the sheet-metalholder as a whole. The lower edge of the upright back plate A2 is alsofurnished with a fold a8 for the same purpose, and the end edges of theholder A are also provided with folds a to give a smoothfinish to theend edges of the holder and to stiifen and strengthen the same.

The front and back of the holder may be lithographed or decorated incolors, and the whole thus given a neat and ornamental appearance.

The ink-well Bis preferably of glass and furnished with a sheet-metalcap B', having a knob I). The ink-well has at its top a rojecting rim orshoulder b' to engage and) fit against the ink-well-holding rinva. i

The spaces a4 on each side 0I* the central The surface of the inclinedfront at eachv ink-well may also receive other matter than the calendar,if desired, such as ornamental decoration or advertising matter printedthereon.

I claim- 1. A sheet-metal combined ink-well, pen and blotter holder andcalendar, comprising an inclined front furnished with integralpenholding grooves or corrugations, and an integralhorizontally-projecting ink-well-holding ring, united at its frontsegment to said inclined front, and an integral upright back furnishedwith an integral blotter-holding lip or member ada ted to receive theblotter between itself an said back, said inclined front having on eachside of said ink-wellholding ring a calendar-surface, substantially asspecified.

2. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back, said inclined front having an integral hori- Zontallyprojecting ink-well holdlng ring, and said lnclined front having anopening therein for removal and insertion of the inkwell and theink-well-holdingY ring being formed from the stock partially cut out ofsaid inclined front in forming the opening therein substantially asspecified.

3. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back, said inclined front having an integral horizontallyprojecting ink-well holding ring,

said inclined front being also furnished with a longitudinal pen-holdinggroove or corrugation, substantially as specified. 4. A sheet-metalink-well-holder having an inclined front, an integral upright back, saidinclined front having an integral horizontally-proj ectingink-well-holding ring, and said back having an integral blotter-holdinglip or member, substantially as specilied.

5. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back,

said inclined front having an integral horizontally-projectingink-well-holding ring, and said inclined front having a calendarspacethereon, substantially as specified.

6. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back, said inclined front having an integral horizontally-projecting ink well holding ring, and said integral ink-well-holdingring being provided with a stiffening-bead, substantially as specified.

'7. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back, said inclined front having an integralhorizontallyprojecting inkwell holding ring, and said sheet-metal holderhaving a marginal fold at the lower edges at its front and back platesand also at its end edges, substantially as specified.

8. A sheet-metal ink-well holder having an inclined front, an integralupright back, said inclined front having an integral horizontallyprojecting ink wellholding ring, said inclinedfront being also furnishedwith a longitudinal pen-holding groove or corrugation, said back havingan integral blotteriolding lip or member, substantially as speci- 9. Asheet-metal ink-well holderhaving an inclined front, an integral uprightback, said inclined front having an integral horizontally projecting inkwell -holding ring, said inclined front being also furnished with alongitudinal pen-holding groove or corrugation, said back having anintegral blotterholding lip or member, and said inclined front having acalendar-space thereon, substantially as specified.

10. A sheet-metal holder having an inlclinedront and integral uprightback, the

inclined front being furnished with longitudinal pen-holding grooves orcorrugations, and the upright back being furnished with an integralblotter-holding lip or member, sub'- stantially as specified.

1l. A sheet-metal hblder having an inclined front andfintegral uprightbackI the inclined front being furnished with longitudinal pen-holdinggrooves or corrugations, the upright back being. furnished with anintegral 'bIotter-holding lip or member, and said front having acalendar-space thereon, substantially as specified.

12. A sheet-metal holder having an integral front and an integral back,said front being furnished with an opening therein for insertion andremoval of an ink-well and provided with an integral ink-well-holdingring below the opening in said front and formed from the stock partiallycut from said front in forming the opening therein, substantially asspecified.

WILLIAM J. DIETRICH.

Witnesses:

LEMUEL A. WELLEs, W'. P. PALMER.

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